Fresh Meat for the Campaign Trail

By Gavin Jackson

Published October 28, 2025 at 12:01 AM EDT

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Republican South Carolina Rep. Brandon Cox from Goose Creek, left, and Democratic state Rep. Jermaine Johnson of Columbia, right, talk on the proposed site for a statue of Reconstruction hero Robert Smalls on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, in Columbia, S.C.

On this episode of the South Carolina Lede for October 28, 2025: we have some breaking Democratic campaign trail news on the gubernatorial front and updates on several other state campaigns as well; we have the latest on the drama involving leadership at the State Election Commission; SNAP benefits are about to disappear for more than half a million South Carolinians as the government shutdown continues; and more!

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Gavin Jackson

Gavin Jackson graduated with a visual journalism degree from Kent State University in 2008 and has been in the news industry ever since. He has worked at newspapers in Ohio, Louisiana and most recently in South Carolina at the Florence Morning News and Charleston Post and Courier.

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